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India’s wicketkeeper-batsman MS Dhoni, under whose captaincy Chennai Super Kings won two titles and concluded four seasons as runners-up, might play for the southern franchise in the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) as well.
The IPL Governing Council floated a proposal on Tuesday, allowing tainted teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals to retain players who played for Rising Pune Supergiants and Gujarat Lions in the last two seasons.
“We are going to propose minimum three retentions — one Indian and two foreigners. The players, who played for Pune and Gujarat in last two years can be retained by Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. We will place it infront of owners during workshop next month,” an IPL Governing Council member told PTI.
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If the proposal gets accepted, it will mean that Dhoni will pave his way to the CSK camp. From Gujarat Lions, players Suresh Raina and Ravindra Jadeja will be hot picks for CSK and RR.
IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla said the total retentions could be anything between three to five, depending on what majority of the franchises agree.
According to the IPL GC member, a majority of the franchises want an increase in salary purse from Rs.60 to Rs.75 crore while a few want it to be Rs.80 crore.
“Most of the franchises want the salary purse to Rs.75 crore. I guess it would be done,” the official said.
(With inputs from agencies)
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